DC Srinagar interacts with religious leaders, Ulemas
Seeks their cooperation in Covid-19 containment
SRINAGAR: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammed Aijaz Asad Thursday held an interactive meeting with prominent religious leaders, Imams, Khateebs, Auqaf members, with an aim to seek their opinion to sensitize the people about the pandemic and the SOPs to be followed in Covid-19 containment. CEO Wakaf Board, Mufti Fareed u Din and Additional Deputy […]
Ladakh reports 183 new COVID-19 cases
Leh: The Union territory of Ladakh has reported 183 new cases of coronavirus, taking the virus tally to 12739, officials said. Ladakh had recorded a total of 134 COVID-related deaths till now, they said. While 171 cases were reported from Leh, 12 positive cases were received from Kargil, they said. The total number of active […]
BJP leader who returned from Kumbh Mela dies of Covid-19
Jammu: Days after returning from Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand, senior BJP leader and former member of the erstwhile Legislative Assembly of J&K state, Thakur Puran Singh died in Rajouri on Thursday. Following Singh’s death, “suspected to be due to covid-19”, the administration in Rajouri has ordered his cremation strictly as per the health department’s protocol […]
Wife killed husband with paramour’s help: Police
Srinagar: More than a month after death of a 34-year-old man at Renji Pattan, police on Thursday claimed to have worked out the case by arresting his wife and another person, alleged paramour of the woman, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “On intervening night of 8/9th March one Mohammad Altaf Malik son Ghulam Rasool Malik […]
EC bans roadshows, vehicle rallies in WB
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) Noting that COVID safety norms were being flouted in West Bengal during campaigning, the Election Commission on Thursday banned road shows and vehicle rallies in the state with immediate effect and said no public meeting having more than 500 people would be allowed. The order said the commission has noted “with […]
JK reports 1965 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths
Srinagar, Apr 22: Jammu and Kashmir reported 1965 fresh covid-19 cases while eight more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said 789 cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 1176 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total infection count to 154407. Among the cases include 243 travelers, […]
KU main campus to remain closed for 2 days, all examinations postponed
Srinagar, Apr 22: Kashmir University’s Main Campus will remain closed for two days (April 23 and April 24, 2021) in view of some Covid positive cases being reported amongst employees from various units of the University, a spokesman of the University said. However, essential services staff of the university health center, sanitation, landscape wing, construction division, […]
Suspected gunmen break into J&K Bank in Pattan, loot cash
Srinagar, Apr 22: Unidentified gunmen Thursday afternoon broke into a J&K Bank branch in Sherabad Khore of Pattan in north-Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that few persons boarding a car forced their entry into the bank and decamped with an unascertained amount of cash. Confirming the incident, a senior police official said that at least […]
SC terms COVID-19 situation ‘national emergency’, agrees to hear Vedanta plea of free oxygen supply
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday termed the COVID-19 situation as almost a “national emergency” while agreeing to hear Vedanta”s plea for opening of its Sterlite copper unit at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu on the ground that it would produce thousand tonnes of oxygen and give it free of cost to treat […]
Covid Surge: SASB suspends registration of Amarnath Yatris
Srinagar, Ape 22: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has suspended the registration process for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. A spokesman of the SASB said,” In view of evolving COVID situation in the country & the need to take all necessary precautionary measures, registration for Shri Amarnath ji Yatra is being temporarily suspended”. The situation […]
